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Alerting for Platform Events
You can set up the server to alert you when various events occur. Alerts can be delivered either as telephone pages or over the LAN. Instructions for setting up both telephone paging alerts and LAN alerts are given below.
Setting Up Paging Alerts
To set up the server to send alerts as telephone pages:
1Install an external modem on the Emergency Management Port (serial 2).
2From the SSU Main window, choose Platform Event Manager (PEM).
3In the PEM window, click Configure EMP.
4In the corresponding boxes, enter the following command strings for the modem attached to the EMP port (boxes that aren’t listed here are not required for paging alerts):
•ESC Sequence: the escape sequence. This string is sent to the modem before sending command strings. The maximum length for the string is five characters; longer strings are truncated.
•Hangup String: hang up or drop the connection. The EMP automatically sends an <ENTER> character following this string. The maximum length for the string is eight characters; longer strings are truncated.
•Modem Dial Command: the command to dial a phone number. This string is sent to the modem before sending the paging string.
•Modem Init String: the initialization string for the modem. This string is sent every time the EMP initializes. The maximum length for the string is determined at
5Click Save to save the changes.
6Click Close to return to the PEM window.
7In the PEM window, click Configure PEP.
8Select the Enable PEP check box.
